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proffered

[prof-er]

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verb (used with object)

to put before a person for acceptance; offer.

noun

the act of proffering.

an offer or proposal.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English profren < Anglo-French profrer, variant of Old French poroffrir, equivalent to por- pro-¹ + offrir to offer

Related forms

prof·fer·er, noun

un·prof·fered, adjective

Synonyms
1. volunteer, propose, suggest. See offer.

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The officers hurried for such restoratives as the bar supplied, and two physicians who were near by proffered their services.

All these proffered reasons for fatal coal mining accidents miss the mark by a mile.

France's finance minister has no problems with the proffered deal.

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The officers hurried for such restoratives as the bar supplied, and two physicians who were near by proffered their services.

All these proffered reasons for fatal coal mining accidents miss the mark by a mile.

France's finance minister has no problems with the proffered deal.

So dig in down and dirty to disprove this freely proffered information.

Listeners, in turn, could take down the proffered phone numbers.

The other option required two business days of bartering among sites to see which one proffered the lowest price.

Legend proffered soul as an apt scaffolding for the substantive stuff that truth should be made of.

If the user rejects the proffered representation, the software displays its less-favored guesses.

For those in outlying areas with minimal exposure risk, one proffered solution might even be enjoyable: drink red wine.

The monarch gently pushes aside the proffered sword to signify acceptance of the lord mayor's sovereignty.

The information proffered by those eyewitnesses is fundamentally unreliable.

Many different answers have been proffered during the pause for reflection.

Maps or medicines, proffered by kind hands, might not be useful but you know they are important.

He could ask for things-and would reject a proffered item and ask again if it was not what he wanted.

Contrary to the oft proffered explanation, advances in medical technology do not explain the constantly rising prices.

Dimon reached to shake his boss's proffered hand, then pulled his own hand back sharply with a grin.

If the proffered explanation is correct then all people will use expletives from their own language.

Greenspan felt compelled to put a new layer of explanation on top of the two theories he has long proffered to explain how the.

In these cases, states have invariably proffered legal arguments to justify their actions.

Counsel would have advised him of his right to plead not guilty and contest any confession proffered in evidence.

Breaking the silence, he proffered snippets of poetry:.

She sampled chowders, laughed politely at jokes and proffered compliments as she worked the festival crowd.

Several theories have been proffered to account for the youth movement.

Morgan rides with no hands to pluck the proffered bills.

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Word Origin & History

proffer

late 13c., from Anglo-Fr. profrier (mid-13c.), O.Fr. poroffrir (c.1080), from por- "forth" (from L. pro-) + offrir "to offer," from L. offerre (see offer).

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"Gratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe a new legal work to him] I give the leave, begging only that the inscription may be in modest terms, not representing me as a man of great learning, or a very extraordinary one in any respect."

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